There weren't many things that everyone Rin knew knew. Some people knew things that other people didn't. Though, there was one myth, one particular piece of advice that everyone took as fact.
Move your mirrors so that beings can't use them as portals.
It sounded silly when you said it out loud, that was the reason it was an unspoken rule. You just knew it. Rin followed this rule. She only had one mirror, and it wasn't particularly heavy, so she did it, every day at sunset.
But once, she didn't.
The day was like any other, aside from the fact that she had a nagging feeling that she had forgotten to do something. She went to sleep peacefully.
The next day, however, was a different story. She'd been woken by a voice.
Hello there.
She felt the words slip into her head, like they hadn't bothered to pass through her ears. Scared? Maybe. Curious? Definitely. She looked around, finding nothing out of the ordinary. Unless you counted that out of place shadow.
"Are you the creature that came in through the mirror?"
It made a sort of funny noise. It was the sort of noise that told you that they did not appreciate what had been said.
I do not particularly enjoy being called a "creature", it made finger quotes. So, I would appreciate if you called me by my name. It's Len. He/him. Nice to meet 'cha.
A corner of her mouth tugged to her ear. Talk about a sudden mood shift, she thought. It was hard to see, but he shifted his weight.
I heard that.
Rin's eyes widened. She tried to think loudly, can… you… read… my… thoughts?
He shifted his weight again.
I can. You sound stupid when you do that, by the way.
"Oh, um. I'm Rin. Kagamine. Rin Kagamine, yeah. Uh, who exactly are you?"
It looked like he facepalmed. It was a little hard to tell. He groaned.
How dense can you be? I'm your twin. Got stuck in a mirror 'cause some wizard got mad at me or somethin'.
Huh. Now that she thought about it, Len did sound familiar. She thought for a second and opened her mouth to talk, only to be cut off by Len's voice.
You wanna know if there's a way for me to get out of the mirror in non-shadow-form, right? Well, just your luck, there is. You just have to get someone to fall in love with me. It's cliché, I know, but it was a witch that did this.
She blinked, taking in the information for a second. Okay, she thought. Shouldn't be too hard. But can others see him?
Yep. Now go and get some dude. I'm tired of being stuck like this. Waiting gets boring fast, y'know. And, uh, I am gay, FYI.
She ran through the list of guys she knew, until she remembered that someone had said something about being pan. She turned to the door.
"I know a guy."
And she left.
505 words, on the dot. I'm sorry to anyone who wants updates.
See y'all later.
~Zom